A rare, new interview with Bob Dylan

Since the pandemic began, Bob Dylan has released his first two songs in almost a decade, "Murder Most Foul" (above), a beautiful ballad about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the stunning "I Contain Multitudes" (below). In a very rare interview in today's New York Times, Dylan talks to Douglas Brinkley about his new music, the curious references to both Indiana Jones and Anne Frank in his latest song, and, of course, sheltering-in-place. From the New York Times:

Why didnt more people pay attention to Little Richards gospel music?

Probably because gospel music is the music of good news and in these days there just isnt any. Good news in todays world is like a fugitive, treated like a hoodlum and put on the run. Castigated. All we see is good-for-nothing news. And we have to thank the media industry for that. It stirs people up. Gossip and dirty laundry. Dark news that depresses and horrifies you[....]

Does having the Pacific Ocean in your backyard help you process the Covid-19 pandemic in a spiritual way? There is a theory called blue mind which believes that living near water is a health curative.

Yeah, I can believe that. Cool Water, Many Rivers to Cross, How Deep Is the Ocean. I hear any of those songs and its like some kind of cure. I dont know what for, but a cure for something that I dont even know I have. A fix of some kind. Its like a spiritual thing. Read the rest